A New Twist For The Hanging Baskets ...

This is the first year we’re trying some varieties of ‘Tumbling Tomatoes’ planted in hanging baskets. We’ve always been reluctant to grow these trailing tomatoes as they are so much more expensive than the usual varieties (greenhouse girl v penny pincher) ...

But last year one of our local garden centres was selling off their seeds half price so we took the opportunity and got a packet of both the red and yellow cherry tomatoes.

As you’ll see we’ve potted up a number of hanging baskets in the polytunnel, where we’ll keep them warm and well watered ... rather than putting them outside and letting them suffer the unpredictable Yorkshire weather ...